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The doctrine of first sale is dead. It died to the copyright cartels. You own nothing where a copyright is involved. The copyright maintains ownership of the
by kevin_b_er 10y ago
The doctrine of first sale is dead. It died to the copyright cartels. You own nothing where a copyright is involved. The copyright maintains ownership of the device, not you.
The courts may have once done something about books with shrinkwrap agreements forbidding sale, but the same does not apply to software or things containing software.